The channel I was looking for. I tried making my own vanilla and have two jars in the pantry. Now, I just found out I did it wrong and that my beans are not of good quality. This is the only channel I need for making vanilla beans and the only one I will recommend. Thank you .
I've seen so many incorrect ways to make VE, it's a shame what people are doing. I really appreciate all of your knowledge and expertise! You really have this figured out!
Thank you and I do agree it is a shame. So much miss information out there. I have been doing this sense I was 20. Now at 51 trying to share with people what I have learned over the years. I don't know If I have figured it all out yet but I have figured out what works for me and creating a great extract consistently. Thank you again for your kind words I do appreciate them.
"Just throw two beans in a 32oz jar and put it in the instapot then let it steep for 4 days and you've got pure grade A homemade vanilla extract your family will love "
I’ve watched SO many videos on making vanilla and every one was difficult…with no explanations as to WHY they were different. I could have saved myself so much time by just watching your video first!!! You answered all my questions and concerns! Awesome video! Thank you.
This is the most comprehensive, informative and helpful video on the subject. You are right about the countless other videos out there that make the whole thing so confusing as to what truly is the very best advice overall. Many thanks indeed from here in England for all your time, effort and expertise in making this wonderful video.
This was a one stop know it all video! God bless you! ! You have been very generous in giving out all that one needs to know to make and sell their own vanilla extract. Your honest and sincere sharing is so appreciated. May the Lord bless your business greatly.
Wow. Such great info! My son is also Shane - who is currently a big, tough U.S. Marine - that still loves his mommas cookies and swears it's because of my homemade extract! 😁 I've been making it a long time, but still learned some great stuff from you here! Thanks for all the detail and important info and as a teacher I'm sending a big High 5 to you for doing an amazing job - despite a learning disability - and for having the courage to just own it and not let it stop you. Very inspiring Shane!
Aww thank you for the kind words. I grew up with teachers sense my dad and all my uncles were high school agriculture teachers. lol I guess that is were my flip chart came from. I learned early on if you own it good or bad you will be trusted more. I was in the hazardous waste clean up industry for 20 years. Despite my disability I had worked my way up to a project manager and budget manager. I even developed a thermo imaging program to prevent fires on power poles, buildings, and oil refineries even though I cant hardly read or write. Now I work with parents and our local rural country school with kids that struggle with dyslexia. If we have knowledge that can help others we should be sharing it. That is why I started my channel. Thank you again for the kind words I appreciate it.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Wow! Good on you Shane! So fantastic and so grateful you're helping kiddos in your area because it's SO important and so needed. You have a new fan here - so keep on keeping on changing lives and the world for the better! It will all come back to you! 🙂💞
Very educational video I needed! I have been viewing many and thought I was on my way in making pure vanilla until I saw this one. Thank you so much for taking the time to educate FDA proof. No video has mentioned FDA.
another great vanilla video!!! I'm forever grateful for your videos that have helped me with my technique to make my vanilla extract. The technique may be different but the science is the same, and the result is amazing. Thank you
Really appreciate all your hard work in your videos. You do such a great job teaching you really don't need all that background music it gets to be too much, kind of distracting and to be honest a little annoying. You're the star after all! Thanks for sharing all the great info!
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this!! Just needed to hear an expert like yourself say some of these things! Like using beans over and over….did not make sense and just left me feeling like this info is unsatisfactory!! I love the confidence and knowledge you’ve given me going forward. My instincts were more correct than the info I was seeing 😋
You have the BEST videos on vanilla extract. I watched them all in a day. Please post more. I have nothing to watch lol. I love that you respect standards. Your creativity, testing methods and willingness to share is just beyond amazing. I appreciate your work. Thank you!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have watched video after video just to find out how many beans to use. You are awesome. You are going to the top of my you tube list.
I knew I could count on you for the answer s to making your own extract…. Ty ty ty … I’m just waiting for my beans to arrive…. I’m so excited 😆 like a little kid 😊😊😊
I’m like a few minutes into this video and I’m like… the music was cool, the beard is cool, I can already tell this guy knows more about vanilla extract then the first 5 videos I just watched from other channels trying to learn something … so, thumbs up and I just subscribed cause when I’m trying to learn something , I want to do it and do it right. THANK YOU. 😊❤
Awww Thank you for the kind words. I am just sharing what I have learned over the last 30 years and try to give some real information. I do agree there are some kinda giving out false information even some professionals. I just enjoy helping people make great vanilla extract.
Thank you so much for your knowledge on making vanilla extract. I tried to make vanilla extract and it is sitting there for 2years, but it doesn't tastes like vanilla. I think I put too much alcohol 1l with 10 beans It was from another recipe. I will try your method.
@@beverleyhunter8593 I just got mine out after it had been sitting for over a year. Mine doesn't taste good either. I got the vanilla beans from Amazon, and I have a feeling the oils were already extracted. Watching this video to see if I have done anything wrong.
I found a bunch of videos prior to just finding yours. The previous making vanilla extract videos were pretty similar to each other but not to the depth that you shared! Wish I found your channel sooner. A couple videos had me making vanilla extract w an instapot! Thank you for your indepth tutorials
Absolutely the best video on making homemade vanilla I’ve seen by far! What do you use the vanilla sugar with? Do you add it to cookies when baking? Coffee?
I use my vanilla sugar in almost everything that has white sugar in it. I making today a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls and just replace the white sugar with vanilla sugar. It also makes the best sugar cookies. They come out so much better with a deeper richer flavor and yes I also use the my extract with it also. I dont use vanilla sugar as a replacement for extract. Thank you I try to keep my videos so everyone can learn and have fun with it.
This is great information!!! I have watched several videos on how to make homemade vanilla extract and by far there was not this much information in any of the others. At best I got 16 fluid oz to about 6 beans and you can start using it in about 3 to 4 months. Thank you for all the education!!
Thank you i was glad to share the info i have learned over the years with everyone. Yeah the minimum standard recipe is 1 oz of vanilla beans to 8 oz of 70 proof alcohol. Anything lower than that your just flavoring alcohol and not making extract. Out of all the years the average 1 oz of vanilla bean ranged from 7-12 vanilla beans per ounce. This is why its so important to weigh the beans for you recipe. Well I hope you have a great new year and make lots of great vanilla extract.
What a legend. Every single question was answered thoroughly and clearly. You are a great teacher and communicator. I need to add another 3 ounces of beans to my 1L of Vodka hahahaha. Thanks 👊🏽
I have 10 16 oz. bottles (I’ve been brewing in recycled kombucha bottles) since last Sept. 2020. I placed 5 to 6 B Tahitian beans with ends snipped to each, most unslit. I went off many UA-camr’s with less defined and meticulous methods compared to you. I doubt many of them had your volume of experience. I wish I had found you first! My applause to you sir! I will need to change my ways now. Only making mine for me and for gifts.
What a great video!!! I've been doing it wrong for about a year now. Thanks for all the info. I think I can self-correct now with this new information.
THANK YOU! When I started looking into making my own vanilla(for Christmas gifts), there was so much conflicting information, it confused me. When you first put up your videos on vanilla, I felt like cloud parted and finally I could see the light. Thanks from the botton of my heart for posting these videos. ADD: Now I am thinking of including vanilla sugar as part as the gifts because a lot of my co-workers are avid bakers. Thank you again.
Vanilla sugar is a great gift idea. I give a small bottle of the vanilla sugar to all my clients. They all always come back and buy some or we trade goods.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Last year I made coco bomb. Talk about time consuming. I used quality chocolate and learned the hard way on tempering chocolate. 😖 But I figured it out. The vanilla sugar is looking better with the vanilla I started back in January.
Check out my videos. They are a little long but I try to explain everything for a better understanding of what’s going on. There are so many different videos out there but they use the wrong formulas or give misguided information. I try to give real information and 30 years experience were others never really break it down for you.
As of right now I don't have people visit for safety reasons. We have been downsizing the last couple of years planning for our future. I love all my followers and would love to open up my home, animals and property to everyone. We love sharing and educating people with our experiences. We live around the central coast of California and it getting to the point we cant survive here. Our ranch has been in the family 7 generations and it saddens me we cant ford it it here anymore. But we have plans on moving to Texas which scares the heck out of me. I want to build a home with some B&B cabins for traveling cowboys and high school rodeo kids were the family can come stretch out and have a place their animals can stretch for a day or so before moving on. But also for my followers and traveling nurses to come stay for a little getaway to relax with the animals. I also want to help others making stuff what ever it is. I have a long list of things I can do and have learned. So that may end up with me teaching some small weekend classes with my followers. I am in the process now of filming some of the stuff I do other than vanilla I also do resin and acrylic art, metal fabrication art pieces, catering, smoked meats and tons of homesteading stuff. All my friends have been pushing me to do this for years now and that's why I started the UA-cam channel a little over a year ago. I don't know were your at but it seems like you would be interested in seeing our place. Let me ask you what would you want to see if you were wanting to see our place. I am trying to gather information to improve what we have for everyone. Thank you for asking.
I’m still halfway watching your video and the information you give about vanilla beans extract is so wide ranging. Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us. I like your subtle humor, too. I laugh every now and then, just like when you said instead of shaking 5 or so bottles, you only shake one half gallon bottle.
Ty … you are just a wealth of information…I really just wanted to know the best way to make my own extract vs having to buy the cheap grocery store bottles for too much money 💰… I’m just going to have fun making it & hopefully enjoying it… if I live that long 😂😂😂I’m an old Grammy…but …IM DOIN IT…..😊😊😊
I am highly impressed with this tutorial. Thank you so much for this information. This gives me great ideas, rather it be a gift or a business opportunity. Thank you once again.😃
When part of the bottle of extract been used, is there any chance of the bean that is no longer covered in alcohol going bad? Just wondering if that part that is not covered by alcohol any longer should be snipped off and thrown away? Doesn’t the alcohol “protect” the bean from going bad? Thank you! GREAT video!!!!!!
I saw a TV chef years ago mention mother jars for vanilla. She went over it and she just took a large jar and added a load of vanilla beans and filled it with alcohol. She said then you just let it sit and take a bean out whenever you want and use the fluid for vanilla extract.
As long as you measure it properly and are using proper proportions yea that will work. You won't need to cut them open it just makes the process take 3-6 months as opposed to taking at least a year. The upside to leaving the beans intact is being able to reach in cut the end off of one and squeeze vanilla bean into a recipe. The alcohol turns the caviar into a goo that you can squirt into a recipe where you desire actual vanilla bean to be visible. The problem with this is if you remove vanilla beans and dip your fingers into the alcohol the oil from your skin or lotion will dissolve into the alcohol and it will form a scummy residue at the edge of the glass as the alcohol sits in the jar. If it's for personal use its not super important I suppose but it's insightly and or gross if you are gifting it and a health violation if you are selling any of it.
Thank you so much for all the information, I do have one question,since I started a year ago with a few jars and did no cutting or splitting or blending to the beans is it possible to go into those older jars and slice or blend them up and then put that back in for a couple more months ? Also what about mixing beans I’ve got a few Madagascar and a few Ugandan jars with same vodka would it be a bad idea to mix them together and then make one big batch ? Thank you so much for the great video! Many blessings ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Thank you so much❤ for sharing your way❣️❣️🫶🤩 Just finished your series starting with you Vanilla Sugar❤ just let me say “Shane your process is totally Awesome ❣️🔥 I did ask questions before you gave the answers so thanks for sharing your way❤🎉🎉🎉🙏🏻🫶 What a great education !😮 thank you so much❣️🙏🏻👍🏻🫶
Silicone gaskets (in the canning section) that fit inside the plastic lids will make it leakproof, I use this combo with all my dehydrated foods for long term storage. Researching before starting my first batch, thank you for your in depth teaching.
Thank you you answered a lot of questions that I had. I bought some Madagascar beans from Costco about five years ago. I put them in hundred pro hall and split them down middle just in and put it an A-1 jar. I don’t bake much. And forgot I forgot I had it. I will grind the beans and hope to get a tittle mor flavor.
1. It is not recommended and its dangerous for alcohol to be heated and under pressure like that. 2. I really like using the Ball canning jars in all sizes. But only problem is the largest they have is the half-gallon. The wide mouth jars are easy to work with and you can get the jars and lids almost anywhere. Before using my total circulation system I would have 10-15 half gallon jars going all the time.
Fabulous! Going rot see if you have any videos on vanilla sugar. Not sure what you would use that for if you already have awesome vanilla. So much to learn. Thanks for making such a comprehensive video!
I do have a video on vanilla sugar. I use the vanilla sugar in my coffee, tea and cookies. I just use the vanilla sugar in place of plain white sugar. If the recipes calls for vanilla extract I still add the extract also. It makes wonderful rich sugar cookies.
This makes me feel a ton better about putting my two extract jars in the direct sunlight. I learned it from your playlist, but then started second guessing myself because nearly everyone in the Facebook group I'm in was adament that sunlight was terrible for it. Good stuff! Can't wait to try my first batch....eventually
Hey Martin I am always second guessing my self. As I am making batches and tasting it them along the way sometimes I feel it is no good or something is off. But all I have to do is start sampling my extracts against others or store bought extracts then it puts my mind at ease and I know what I am doing is far better than everything else. Everyone gets fixated on only one thing and cant think out side the box or do testing. I always encourage everyone to test for them self's and don't take my word for it and see for them self's. I do what works for me and making a great extract and my clients seem think so also because I sell out before I am even started. I have a 6 month waiting list at this point. All the years I have been making vanilla all I hear is the same thing cool dark place but no one can tell me WHY! The only thing anyone has come up with is sunlight effects the vanilla enzymes. But there is no information beyond that. What, When, Were and Why. I am not using vanilla for my health, I am using it for flavor so if the sun doesn't effect the flavor in a negative way I am doing it. The vanilla is sun cured for months before even shipped think about that for a minute. Oh yeah I don't see people complaining or second guessing Sun Tea right! I am all for evolving and trying new things as long as it doesn't not negatively effect the flavors. This is why I test everything the best way I know how and try to share it with everyone. Some people cant get past what they have read or have been told because it is the only way they know how and that is what they have been telling everyone else to do with out knowing the Why. I always try to give people the options and the WHY. The can make there own decisions.
Thank you! I am a newbie and can't wait to make my own vanilla! I have ordered my beans and I'm waiting on them to arrive. This video has really helped to answer some questions I had.
I’m waiting on my beans too. They’ll be here next Tuesday. But I’m going to the liquor store tomorrow and getting his suggested alcohol. I’m really excited! ❤
Hello, Shane! Thank you so much for all the information in this video! For storage, would it be okay to use a jar with one of those hinged gasket glass lids? They’re advertised as air-tight but I thought I’d ask just in case!
Many people use those jars with no issues. I personally don't like them as they are harder to clean and to many moving parts to them. I really like the ball canning jars as they can be used in many different ways easy to clean and you can find the sealed lids anywhere.
@@ClementFamilyFarmsthank you for responding! I ended up using a small pint jar for my first batch. 1.5oz Madagascar beans to 12oz New Amsterdam vodka. Been shaking every day :) thanks for all the info you put out.
I just started my first batch of vanilla. I made a 3 cup batch of vanilla using Madagascar Beans and another batch using Tahitian beans. I cut the beans into thirds to fit in the mason jars. Each jar has 4 ounces of beans and 3 cups of 80 proof vodka. About how long does my vanilla have to brew? Thank you. I have been enjoying your vanilla serie.
Good afternoon, I hope you see this 🤞🏾this video was very helpful answered most of my questions ty. I just have some more, (sorry) first: 8oz bean, 8cups (1/2gal jar) of 80prof will still be 1year wait will give 100% puuure extract? As the young people say 😉😂 is my math matching. 2nd question: say i start the extract 12/1/23 i stop it 12/1/24 , start useing, giveing smaller jars of it as gifts. Do i throw out those bean start everything new or can can i reuse those beans? Ty
I have a question. I made extract for Christmas gifts this year I have a bottle that has a ring around the top. I’ve shaken each bottle 1x a week . Is this related to the oils in the beans.
Hi this video was very informative. I did not hear the one question I had. So everyone says to make sure to cover the vanilla with the alcohol to prevent molding etc. will it mold as I begin to use the vanilla and the fluid drops exposing the vanilla pods? Should I take the pods out and then Start using the vanilla?
Absolutely great info! Just one question, if I want to use a 66 proof alcohol and add an 80 proof alcohol to it to increase the proof how much of each alcohols for each 8 oz batch? How would I go about figuring out the proof?
Oh wow that is a huge math calculation and outside of my zone. I am working on a program now to help people out with stuff just like this but it will be a while before it get it done. Sorry I couldn't be more of a help.
Great video I learned a lot now I know why mine smells like alcohol still.. it's been sitting for 2 years now it's a 16oz bottle and I only have six beans in each
I would buy around 1.5 oz of vanilla beans and add it to what you have all ready. But i will split the ones you have and the new ones and add them all together. Then shake them every couple of days and in about 4 months you should have something to start using.
Thank you for replying. Is it normal for some beans to be bitter?. The recipe I made called for vanilla beans, vanilla extra and Agave syrup. How many weeks would you recommend for it to set?. But it will sweeten?. You are one awesome guy!! Thanks a bunch😀
Many thanks for all of your videos. I have noticed that when preparing jalapeno vodka, that putting it in the freezer overnight greatly enhances the flavor, and reduces the time required to get a final result to one day. Have you tried putting it in the freezer ? Would it be deleterious to the beans or flavor ? Thanks again.
Hey I just found your channel while starting my home made ice cream journey. I couldn’t quite get the flavor right so I decided to learn how to make my own vanilla bean extract. This video was super informative for helping things but I have three questions. Do I need to air out the bottles once a month. Do I need to shake them once a day and how long? I was curious if it’s similar to fermentation. Im using airtight glass bottles with the rubber tip lids.
No you dont have to air out the bottles. Making vanilla extract is not a fermentation. If you are getting fermentation then something went wrong and your starting to make alcohol or it is rotting inside. Shaking the bottles helps keep the fluid moving around the beans. The more often you shake the jars the faster you will get an extraction. I shake my bottles twice a day for the first 2-3 weeks then every couple of days after that. With using the vacuum sealing method and shaking the jars often I get a finished extract in 4 months.
Question: why do all my store bought vanilla have water in them? They are not the cheap kind either. Thanks for all your videos. I made my very first batch today!
They are all not treated equally for sure when it comes to labeling. All of them have water in them as a ingredient even if they are labeling just the 35% alcohol content the other 65% is water. Labeling is tricky and a game some of the manufactures play. They only need to list ingredients they added or changed. Example if they bought alcohol at 50% abv or 100 proof and used it just like that, then they only need to list the 50% alcohol as the other 50% water is implied. But if they took that 50% alcohol and added water to reduce down to 35% alcohol then they would have to disclose the water on the label sense they changed the ingredients of that ingredient. All the labeling requirements is done by % of weight from highest to lowest.
Yes in the method testing video the whole beans did better under a vacuum vs the cut beans with out a vacuum. But cut beans under a vacuum did better the whole beans under a vacuum. So vacuum sealing the jars will always do better vs not doing it.
You can mix alcohols. I do both when it comes to the seeds. Sometimes I remove them and sometimes I don't but I always cut the tips off and split them. It is up to you.
Hi Shane, I love your videos! I started my 3rd batch yesterday, following your method to the tee. My plan is to start a ½ gal. jar, every month. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I do have a question. I have heard some people recommending a Sous Vide to speed up the process. I'm not in a hurry, just want to know your thoughts on Sous Vide?
Personally I think it is a waste of time and energy. I have looked into it and have family who use Sous Vide for everything including brewing. We did try some experiments with it and I am not a fan. I might try to look into it again and possibly do a study using it and make a video about it. Thank you
Hi, thank you so much for the information!! I am going to order some vanilla beans according to your recommendations. Where do you suggest we get the beans? I did read a comment that they ordered from Amazon and they were not any good. Thanks!
Store bought vanilla extract doesn't have the strong alcohol smell to it... Does vacuum sealing it help reduce the smell of alcohol? And what kind of alcohol do they use?
Have you ever tried putting your mixture in an open container and running a fish air tube., And have air bubbles go through the mixture? Will it clear more alcohol smell out...
Store bought extracts use all different types of methods and they taste horrible. Most of them are liars when it comes to their extracts. I say that but they are not giving the whole truth but still staying with in some of the laws. Plus some of the out of state extracts coming in don't have that strict of labeling laws. For me every batch reacts differently as far as the alcohol being present when I smell it. I do everything I can to reduce that alcohol bite or smell in my process. This is why I only use 70 proof alcohol. 70 proof lessens the risk of the alcohol bite when your finished. But doesn't always happen. I use Captain Morgan 70 proof coconut rum 90% of the time.
Oh yeah the vacuum sealing only helps with speeding up the process and not the alcohol bite or smell. As far as using a air stone in extracting I would advise not using it. The reason why is you have to have a fresh air supply moving all the time in order for it to work. This will cause your fluids to evaporate including the alcohol. Plus with introducing oxygen you can re start the fermentation process and you don not want this all. This will ruin you batch of extract.
So you slice and scrape your beans...add them to the jar with the alcohol. At 6 weeks you will pull the beans you dont mind blending and then add that blended mixture back to the jar? do you blend the contents of the jar or just the sliced scraped beans? Then you will let it sit till it hits the 4th month and you will strain it? how fine is your strainer?
Hi Mr. Clement I have follow your video for making my first batch of vanilla extract. I have use Madagascar grade A and White Rhum Capitain Morgan. I start late december and I have bottle it a few days ago. I found my essence his cloudy and its seems that some lith brown residu into it. Should I filter it in a find mesh streamer ? Or is it normal ? The taste is great and no alcool test left. Thank you for your time.
Yes this is normal. You can strain out some of the bigger partials if you want to but really not necessary. I make large batch in half gallon jars and when it is ready I use a stainless steel coffee strainer once just to hold back the bigger stuff. Even then when I bottle it it is still is cloudy and you will have some residue at the top. perfectly normal.
Just finished my first half gallon batch. Everyone loves the taste. I then let them taste from the store, all natural extract. They want to spit it out. Such a vast difference. ??? Is there a use for the bean stalks after I bottle this batch or do you throw them away ???
I dehydrate them grind them up into powder and then add them to white sugar. I shake or stir the sugar every day for about 10 days and then start using it.
I noticed when you put beans in jar they were somewhat plyable.. the ones i got were hard and when i bent it it was dry and slapped in half.. are these still good? They were Madagascar grade A bean and smelled really good but was not sure cuz the bean was dry if it was good..btw i want to thank you to saving the bees as my son raises bees.
Yes the beans could be completely dried and still usable for sure. But if your buying Grade A beans and they do that your getting ripped off by the company. This is more likely to happen with Grade B vanilla beans but still uncommon to snap in half. They must have been supper dry. I have bought beans from many different companies over the last 31 years and have stuck with one company the last 5 years. Their Grade B beans were far better than some of the other companies Grade A and if there is an issue with them the owner replaces them no problem. Where did you end up buying them at? if you don't mind me asking. Here is a link to the company I am using now and they do run specials every month or so. Plus the owner reached out to me to help people like you by giving a 10% discount on all my followers for regular priced items in their store. Please us my link as it tells them I sent you and then use my code CLEMENTFARMS at check out for 10% off non sale items. This does help me out at no extra cost to you. Thank you www.vanillabeankings.com/?ref=clementfarms
@@ClementFamilyFarms yes my were grade A and very dry but they seem to be ok. I will try grade b next. Ty for helping I’m learning alot by watching your videos ty
Make sure to watch pricing most of the time grade A and B are no different. So I would stick with grade A. Oh and thank you about the Bees. They are amazing little insects and we love them. I wish I could spend more time with them and grow my colonies.
Does it matter where to buy glass marbles? I see some at Hobby Lobby and it states glass. Do I have to worry about any coatings, etc? Second question, storing unused beans in alcohol. One video said use dried beans. How do I dry them to cut and scrape for extract?
Why do you want to dilute it? That is what extract is, the more concentrated the better. More flavor less fluid makes it better for baked goods. What were your ratios?
Any glass marbles? Do you have a link to the marbles you use? The sanitizer, how do you use it, wash off marbles with clean water before using in extract?
2nd question I didn’t know I had. If i don’t have a dehydrator how long should I wait before blending up the fried pods? Do you have a video on how to make vanilla sugar?
👍 FYI: “America’s Test Kitchen” (which tests everything “cooking” in every way possible) stated in a recent episode that: only SOME… NOT all… of the alcohol used in any recipe actually “burns off” during cooking. P.S. Love your channel and your thorough presentation. ❤️👍
I love the Test Kitchen show and watch it all the time. They are not perfect and only take it so far, plus some of the information they are saying they are actually referring to something else. What I am saying sometimes the terminology they use is wrong and can confuse people. Alcohol starts burning off between 170 to 190 degree's then water starts at 210 degree's. So the alcohol will burn off before the water will. I don't know of any normal baking recipes that are less than 300-350 degree's. I am not saying the flavor of the alcohol is not there, but the actual alcohol should have been gone . Some recipes do call for a lot of alcohol like rum cakes and so on. That is a little different then just using extract in a recipe. The question arose because there were some recovering alcoholics and were worried about the alcohol in extract when used in baking. If you know what episode that was please leave me a comment below I would love to see it. One of their chefs blew me a way on one of there shows. Let me say this i love them all and I am not going to mention names or the episode because I don't really want to talk trash about any of them or the show because it happens often to many shows. What I saw was an episode showing a recipe that was wrong by the standards and this confused people. Now people think this is right because a TV show and chef showed it that way. They are not the only show that has done this either and it is surprising to me. I would have thought any of these shows would have done at least a little bit of research on the subject before airing it. As a home maker and making stuff for my family you can do what ever you want but once you go public you should at least inform people of what the standards are. I really do love that show. Thank you for your comments I really do appreciate them. I want to go look for that show now. lol
cinnamon rolls, pancakes, whites cakes, really anything you use to cook or bake with. BBQ sauce using the vanilla makes deeper richer flavor. Experiment is what I tell people and you might find the next big hit.
@Tom Z - I'm thinking vanilla fudge, pancakes, coconut custard pie, vanilla pudding for filling cream puffs, & homemade Hershey's hot cocoa! Those are all things where the vanilla flavor really stands out & makes a difference! Dang... now I'm craving all of them! [2.17.2022]
I am not a drinker either. I mainly use vodka. My question is if I have my beens still sitting in the alcohol since 6-6-21. What do I do with those beens, start a mother jar?? Put those into another jar add more Vodka to the mother jar and start the time again. Is it bad that I let them sit that long?
One question for you and it will answer your questions. Do you reuse coffee grounds or tea bags after you use them once? Vanilla beans are the same once they are used they are done giving off anymore flavors. But they are soaked in extract and can be used for making vanilla sugar and dried and ground and added to homemade hand soap.
Shane thank you for so much needed information. I started my beans about a month ago. I cut them in half and placed them in the alcohol (did not scape). However after reading information posted by others, I decided to take them out and scrape them. After sitting overnight my extract is cloudy. What did I do, that I shouldn't have? Help!!!!
You did just fine there is nothing wrong with it. That is just how real homemade vanilla looks. if you leave the beans whole the fluid is clearer or not cloudy but you dont get a full richness of the vanilla beans. Cutting and scrapping you will get a much richer extract and in a shorter time.
The channel I was looking for. I tried making my own vanilla and have two jars in the pantry. Now, I just found out I did it wrong and that my beans are not of good quality. This is the only channel I need for making vanilla beans and the only one I will recommend. Thank you .
Wow Shane. The vanilla classroom is in session... I really appreciate all your personal experiences and sharing them..
Thank you. I grew up in a classroom my dad was a High school Agriculture teacher. lol
@Jane Gerughty My Dad and uncles are all High school Agriculture teachers maybe they rubbed off on me a little bit. lol
Vanilla is so delicious ♡
#SaveSoil
I've seen so many incorrect ways to make VE, it's a shame what people are doing. I really appreciate all of your knowledge and expertise! You really have this figured out!
Thank you and I do agree it is a shame. So much miss information out there. I have been doing this sense I was 20. Now at 51 trying to share with people what I have learned over the years. I don't know If I have figured it all out yet but I have figured out what works for me and creating a great extract consistently. Thank you again for your kind words I do appreciate them.
Diy.vanilla powder
"Just throw two beans in a 32oz jar and put it in the instapot then let it steep for 4 days and you've got pure grade A homemade vanilla extract your family will love "
I would use fermentation glass weights instead of marbles.
I’ve watched SO many videos on making vanilla and every one was difficult…with no explanations as to WHY they were different. I could have saved myself so much time by just watching your video first!!! You answered all my questions and concerns! Awesome video! Thank you.
You're very welcome!
This is the most comprehensive, informative and helpful video on the subject. You are right about the countless other videos out there that make the whole thing so confusing as to what truly is the very best advice overall. Many thanks indeed from here in England for all your time, effort and expertise in making this wonderful video.
Thank you for all this info! Now I can see why everyone in the VBK FB group tells the newbies to come watch your videos!
This was a one stop know it all video! God bless you! ! You have been very generous in giving out all that one needs to know to make and sell their own vanilla extract. Your honest and sincere sharing is so appreciated. May the Lord bless your business greatly.
Wow. Such great info! My son is also Shane - who is currently a big, tough U.S. Marine - that still loves his mommas cookies and swears it's because of my homemade extract! 😁 I've been making it a long time, but still learned some great stuff from you here! Thanks for all the detail and important info and as a teacher I'm sending a big High 5 to you for doing an amazing job - despite a learning disability - and for having the courage to just own it and not let it stop you. Very inspiring Shane!
Aww thank you for the kind words. I grew up with teachers sense my dad and all my uncles were high school agriculture teachers. lol I guess that is were my flip chart came from. I learned early on if you own it good or bad you will be trusted more. I was in the hazardous waste clean up industry for 20 years. Despite my disability I had worked my way up to a project manager and budget manager. I even developed a thermo imaging program to prevent fires on power poles, buildings, and oil refineries even though I cant hardly read or write. Now I work with parents and our local rural country school with kids that struggle with dyslexia. If we have knowledge that can help others we should be sharing it. That is why I started my channel. Thank you again for the kind words I appreciate it.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Wow! Good on you Shane! So fantastic and so grateful you're helping kiddos in your area because it's SO important and so needed. You have a new fan here - so keep on keeping on changing lives and the world for the better! It will all come back to you! 🙂💞
Very educational video I needed! I have been viewing many and thought I was on my way in making pure vanilla until I saw this one. Thank you so much for taking the time to educate FDA proof. No video has mentioned FDA.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you
another great vanilla video!!! I'm forever grateful for your videos that have helped me with my technique to make my vanilla extract. The technique may be different but the science is the same, and the result is amazing. Thank you
What awesome videos! You do a great job explaining and covering all the questions. Thank you for being so generous with your time and knowledge
Aww thank you so much! I appreciate you watching.
Really appreciate all your hard work in your videos. You do such a great job teaching you really don't need all that background music it gets to be too much, kind of distracting and to be honest a little annoying. You're the star after all! Thanks for sharing all the great info!
Thank you for your feed back and the kind words
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this!! Just needed to hear an expert like yourself say some of these things! Like using beans over and over….did not make sense and just left me feeling like this info is unsatisfactory!! I love the confidence and knowledge you’ve given me going forward. My instincts were more correct than the info I was seeing 😋
Awww thank you for the kind words.
You have the BEST videos on vanilla extract. I watched them all in a day. Please post more. I have nothing to watch lol. I love that you respect standards. Your creativity, testing methods and willingness to share is just beyond amazing. I appreciate your work. Thank you!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have watched video after video just to find out how many beans to use. You are awesome. You are going to the top of my you tube list.
Aww thank you!!!
I knew I could count on you for the answer s to making your own extract…. Ty ty ty … I’m just waiting for my beans to arrive…. I’m so excited 😆 like a little kid 😊😊😊
I’m like a few minutes into this video and I’m like… the music was cool, the beard is cool, I can already tell this guy knows more about vanilla extract then the first 5 videos I just watched from other channels trying to learn something … so, thumbs up and I just subscribed cause when I’m trying to learn something , I want to do it and do it right. THANK YOU. 😊❤
Awww Thank you for the kind words. I am just sharing what I have learned over the last 30 years and try to give some real information. I do agree there are some kinda giving out false information even some professionals. I just enjoy helping people make great vanilla extract.
Thank you so much for your knowledge on making vanilla extract.
I tried to make vanilla extract and it is sitting there for 2years, but it doesn't tastes like vanilla. I think I put too much alcohol 1l with 10 beans
It was from another recipe. I will try your method.
@@beverleyhunter8593 I just got mine out after it had been sitting for over a year. Mine doesn't taste good either. I got the vanilla beans from Amazon, and I have a feeling the oils were already extracted. Watching this video to see if I have done anything wrong.
I found a bunch of videos prior to just finding yours. The previous making vanilla extract videos were pretty similar to each other but not to the depth that you shared! Wish I found your channel sooner. A couple videos had me making vanilla extract w an instapot! Thank you for your indepth tutorials
Awesome, thank you!
Absolutely the best video on making homemade vanilla I’ve seen by far!
What do you use the vanilla sugar with? Do you add it to cookies when baking? Coffee?
I use my vanilla sugar in almost everything that has white sugar in it. I making today a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls and just replace the white sugar with vanilla sugar. It also makes the best sugar cookies. They come out so much better with a deeper richer flavor and yes I also use the my extract with it also. I dont use vanilla sugar as a replacement for extract. Thank you I try to keep my videos so everyone can learn and have fun with it.
This is great information!!! I have watched several videos on how to make homemade vanilla extract and by far there was not this much information in any of the others. At best I got 16 fluid oz to about 6 beans and you can start using it in about 3 to 4 months. Thank you for all the education!!
Thank you i was glad to share the info i have learned over the years with everyone. Yeah the minimum standard recipe is 1 oz of vanilla beans to 8 oz of 70 proof alcohol. Anything lower than that your just flavoring alcohol and not making extract. Out of all the years the average 1 oz of vanilla bean ranged from 7-12 vanilla beans per ounce. This is why its so important to weigh the beans for you recipe.
Well I hope you have a great new year and make lots of great vanilla extract.
Wow, I can't believe that some people have asked you about storing them in rubbing alcohol. I'm glad that you let them know not to do that.
I only follow your way. Nothing but excellent results thank you.
What a legend. Every single question was answered thoroughly and clearly. You are a great teacher and communicator.
I need to add another 3 ounces of beans to my 1L of Vodka hahahaha. Thanks 👊🏽
Wow, thanks!
So many people are giving wrong advice on how to make pure vanilla extract. Thank you for your expertise.
You are so welcome!
I have 10 16 oz. bottles (I’ve been brewing in recycled kombucha bottles) since last Sept. 2020. I placed 5 to 6 B Tahitian beans with ends snipped to each, most unslit. I went off many UA-camr’s with less defined and meticulous methods compared to you. I doubt many of them had your volume of experience. I wish I had found you first! My applause to you sir! I will need to change my ways now. Only making mine for me and for gifts.
What a great video!!! I've been doing it wrong for about a year now. Thanks for all the info. I think I can self-correct now with this new information.
Thank you!
THANK YOU! When I started looking into making my own vanilla(for Christmas gifts), there was so much conflicting information, it confused me. When you first put up your videos on vanilla, I felt like cloud parted and finally I could see the light. Thanks from the botton of my heart for posting these videos.
ADD: Now I am thinking of including vanilla sugar as part as the gifts because a lot of my co-workers are avid bakers. Thank you again.
Vanilla sugar is a great gift idea. I give a small bottle of the vanilla sugar to all my clients. They all always come back and buy some or we trade goods.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Last year I made coco bomb. Talk about time consuming. I used quality chocolate and learned the hard way on tempering chocolate. 😖 But I figured it out. The vanilla sugar is looking better with the vanilla I started back in January.
I made vanilla extract and sugar with every kind of bean I ordered, even Mexican beans. Tahitian sugar is unbelievable.
Where do you all get your vanilla beans?
Thank you for this video - thorough coverage on so many questions I have before making homemade vanilla extract, awesome !
Just found you video and sure glad I did. This is something I've been wanting to do but didn't know where to start. Now to watch your other videos.
Check out my videos. They are a little long but I try to explain everything for a better understanding of what’s going on. There are so many different videos out there but they use the wrong formulas or give misguided information. I try to give real information and 30 years experience were others never really break it down for you.
Thanks Shane! This is the best you tube video on making vanilla. So much good information. Your the best!
Wow, thanks!
Thank you so much for sharing your work. Do you ever have people come check out your farm?
As of right now I don't have people visit for safety reasons. We have been downsizing the last couple of years planning for our future. I love all my followers and would love to open up my home, animals and property to everyone. We love sharing and educating people with our experiences. We live around the central coast of California and it getting to the point we cant survive here. Our ranch has been in the family 7 generations and it saddens me we cant ford it it here anymore. But we have plans on moving to Texas which scares the heck out of me. I want to build a home with some B&B cabins for traveling cowboys and high school rodeo kids were the family can come stretch out and have a place their animals can stretch for a day or so before moving on. But also for my followers and traveling nurses to come stay for a little getaway to relax with the animals. I also want to help others making stuff what ever it is. I have a long list of things I can do and have learned. So that may end up with me teaching some small weekend classes with my followers. I am in the process now of filming some of the stuff I do other than vanilla I also do resin and acrylic art, metal fabrication art pieces, catering, smoked meats and tons of homesteading stuff. All my friends have been pushing me to do this for years now and that's why I started the UA-cam channel a little over a year ago. I don't know were your at but it seems like you would be interested in seeing our place. Let me ask you what would you want to see if you were wanting to see our place. I am trying to gather information to improve what we have for everyone. Thank you for asking.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Texas will welcome you with Open Arms! What a great asset you will make!
I’m still halfway watching your video and the information you give about vanilla beans extract is so wide ranging. Thank you for sharing your knowledge to us. I like your subtle humor, too. I laugh every now and then, just like when you said instead of shaking 5 or so bottles, you only shake one half gallon bottle.
Thank you!
Ty … you are just a wealth of information…I really just wanted to know the best way to make my own extract vs having to buy the cheap grocery store bottles for too much money 💰… I’m just going to have fun making it & hopefully enjoying it… if I live that long 😂😂😂I’m an old Grammy…but …IM DOIN IT…..😊😊😊
I am highly impressed with this tutorial. Thank you so much for this information. This gives me great ideas, rather it be a gift or a business opportunity. Thank you once again.😃
Glad it was helpful!
You made the steps look so simple. I'm going to give it a go!
New Bean here! Your vid is HIGHLY recommended in a vanilla bean group on FB. Followed and about to go make my vanilla extract.
Welcome aboard!
When part of the bottle of extract been used, is there any chance of the bean that is no longer covered in alcohol going bad? Just wondering if that part that is not covered by alcohol any longer should be snipped off and thrown away? Doesn’t the alcohol “protect” the bean from going bad? Thank you! GREAT video!!!!!!
Yes the alcohol protects the beans. Shaking your jars helps getting alcohol dispersed and keeps everything disinfected.
Can you use plastic jars or should you stick with glass jars. And thank you for all the valuable information.
Yes food grade alcohol safe plastic is fine to use.
I saw a TV chef years ago mention mother jars for vanilla. She went over it and she just took a large jar and added a load of vanilla beans and filled it with alcohol. She said then you just let it sit and take a bean out whenever you want and use the fluid for vanilla extract.
As long as you measure it properly and are using proper proportions yea that will work. You won't need to cut them open it just makes the process take 3-6 months as opposed to taking at least a year. The upside to leaving the beans intact is being able to reach in cut the end off of one and squeeze vanilla bean into a recipe. The alcohol turns the caviar into a goo that you can squirt into a recipe where you desire actual vanilla bean to be visible. The problem with this is if you remove vanilla beans and dip your fingers into the alcohol the oil from your skin or lotion will dissolve into the alcohol and it will form a scummy residue at the edge of the glass as the alcohol sits in the jar. If it's for personal use its not super important I suppose but it's insightly and or gross if you are gifting it and a health violation if you are selling any of it.
I usually don’t put comments on UA-cam posts, but I do for your very educational video. Thank you.
I appreciate that!
Thank you. This is amazing and I can’t wait to make some!
What a great video. Thanks for all this info. Got a new subscriber.
Thank you so much for all the information, I do have one question,since I started a year ago with a few jars and did no cutting or splitting or blending to the beans is it possible to go into those older jars and slice or blend them up and then put that back in for a couple more months ? Also what about mixing beans I’ve got a few Madagascar and a few Ugandan jars with same vodka would it be a bad idea to mix them together and then make one big batch ? Thank you so much for the great video!
Many blessings ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Thank you so much❤ for sharing your way❣️❣️🫶🤩
Just finished your series starting with you Vanilla Sugar❤ just let me say “Shane your process is totally Awesome ❣️🔥 I did ask questions before you gave the answers so thanks for sharing your way❤🎉🎉🎉🙏🏻🫶
What a great education !😮 thank you so much❣️🙏🏻👍🏻🫶
Thanks I'm making my first batch and your video really helped!
Oh that is great.
Silicone gaskets (in the canning section) that fit inside the plastic lids will make it leakproof, I use this combo with all my dehydrated foods for long term storage. Researching before starting my first batch, thank you for your in depth teaching.
Thanks for the info!
Hi! Do you wash your beans before processing? May have been asked before, but I didn’t see it
I do not wash my beans but I do hand inspect them all before processing them.
💛 ... the idea with the marbles is so great. Thank you!
Wouldn’t the marbles not crack the jar when you shake it?
Many, many thanks! You answered all my questions entirely!! You verified that I'm doing it correctly.
Excellent!
Thank you for sharing all of your information and hard work. You have provided me with so much good insight and I truly appreciate it.
Thank you you answered a lot of questions that I had. I bought some Madagascar beans from Costco about five years ago. I put them in hundred pro hall and split them down middle just in and put it an A-1 jar. I don’t bake much. And forgot I forgot I had it. I will grind the beans and hope to get a tittle mor flavor.
Great video! Thank you for sharing and teaching with all the details. It was very helpful and a blessing!!
You are so welcome!
Thank you very much for a terrific video. Very comprehensive. I have learned a lot from your vanilla videos. GREAT video.
Awesome, thank you!
I was so distracted by the beard color I did not notice the giant dragon head till the 10 min mark. Amazing information by the way.
Yeah I have a couple of dragon heads I like to sculpt and paint on rainy days.
Awesome Video. Thank you for the education!
Our pleasure!
Omg!!! I really loved your video, thank you so
Very much .....can’t wait to try it. Yay’
You are so welcome!
Shane, 2 questions
1st, have you seen where some people pressure cook their beans?
2nd, can you recommend a particular large jar?
1. It is not recommended and its dangerous for alcohol to be heated and under pressure like that.
2. I really like using the Ball canning jars in all sizes. But only problem is the largest they have is the half-gallon. The wide mouth jars are easy to work with and you can get the jars and lids almost anywhere. Before using my total circulation system I would have 10-15 half gallon jars going all the time.
I’ve learned more from your videos than the 101 on UA-cam’s I had wasted my time on. Thanks.
Fabulous! Going rot see if you have any videos on vanilla sugar. Not sure what you would use that for if you already have awesome vanilla. So much to learn. Thanks for making such a comprehensive video!
I do have a video on vanilla sugar. I use the vanilla sugar in my coffee, tea and cookies. I just use the vanilla sugar in place of plain white sugar. If the recipes calls for vanilla extract I still add the extract also. It makes wonderful rich sugar cookies.
This makes me feel a ton better about putting my two extract jars in the direct sunlight. I learned it from your playlist, but then started second guessing myself because nearly everyone in the Facebook group I'm in was adament that sunlight was terrible for it. Good stuff! Can't wait to try my first batch....eventually
Hey Martin I am always second guessing my self. As I am making batches and tasting it them along the way sometimes I feel it is no good or something is off. But all I have to do is start sampling my extracts against others or store bought extracts then it puts my mind at ease and I know what I am doing is far better than everything else. Everyone gets fixated on only one thing and cant think out side the box or do testing. I always encourage everyone to test for them self's and don't take my word for it and see for them self's. I do what works for me and making a great extract and my clients seem think so also because I sell out before I am even started. I have a 6 month waiting list at this point. All the years I have been making vanilla all I hear is the same thing cool dark place but no one can tell me WHY! The only thing anyone has come up with is sunlight effects the vanilla enzymes. But there is no information beyond that. What, When, Were and Why. I am not using vanilla for my health, I am using it for flavor so if the sun doesn't effect the flavor in a negative way I am doing it. The vanilla is sun cured for months before even shipped think about that for a minute. Oh yeah I don't see people complaining or second guessing Sun Tea right! I am all for evolving and trying new things as long as it doesn't not negatively effect the flavors. This is why I test everything the best way I know how and try to share it with everyone. Some people cant get past what they have read or have been told because it is the only way they know how and that is what they have been telling everyone else to do with out knowing the Why. I always try to give people the options and the WHY. The can make there own decisions.
Thanks so much enjoyed the video and got some good information, going to watch some more, vanilla obsessed!
Glad you enjoyed!
Thank you! I am a newbie and can't wait to make my own vanilla! I have ordered my beans and I'm waiting on them to arrive. This video has really helped to answer some questions I had.
Oh that is great Thank you for watching.
I’m waiting on my beans too. They’ll be here next Tuesday. But I’m going to the liquor store tomorrow and getting his suggested alcohol. I’m really excited! ❤
Hello, Shane! Thank you so much for all the information in this video! For storage, would it be okay to use a jar with one of those hinged gasket glass lids? They’re advertised as air-tight but I thought I’d ask just in case!
Many people use those jars with no issues. I personally don't like them as they are harder to clean and to many moving parts to them. I really like the ball canning jars as they can be used in many different ways easy to clean and you can find the sealed lids anywhere.
@@ClementFamilyFarmsthank you for responding! I ended up using a small pint jar for my first batch. 1.5oz Madagascar beans to 12oz New Amsterdam vodka. Been shaking every day :) thanks for all the info you put out.
@clementfamilyfarms would 1oz beans to 4oz alcohol also be considered double fold?
Yes
Thank you for this extremely informative information!!
You are so welcome!
I just started my first batch of vanilla. I made a 3 cup batch of vanilla using Madagascar Beans and another batch using Tahitian beans. I cut the beans into thirds to fit in the mason jars. Each jar has 4 ounces of beans and 3 cups of 80 proof vodka. About how long does my vanilla have to brew? Thank you. I have been enjoying your vanilla serie.
If you shake your jars twice a day you will have extract in about 8 weeks. So if you are not shaking as much then it takes a little longer.
Good afternoon, I hope you see this 🤞🏾this video was very helpful answered most of my questions ty. I just have some more, (sorry)
first: 8oz bean, 8cups (1/2gal jar) of 80prof will still be 1year wait will give 100% puuure extract? As the young people say 😉😂 is my math matching.
2nd question: say i start the extract 12/1/23 i stop it 12/1/24 , start useing, giveing smaller jars of it as gifts. Do i throw out those bean start everything new or can can i reuse those beans?
Ty
I have a question. I made extract for Christmas gifts this year I have a bottle that has a ring around the top. I’ve shaken each bottle 1x a week . Is this related to the oils in the beans.
This is very normal and some of the fiber break down.
Hi this video was very informative. I did not hear the one question I had. So everyone says to make sure to cover the vanilla with the alcohol to prevent molding etc. will it mold as I begin to use the vanilla and the fluid drops exposing the vanilla pods? Should I take the pods out and then Start using the vanilla?
Absolutely great info! Just one question, if I want to use a 66 proof alcohol and add an 80 proof alcohol to it to increase the proof how much of each alcohols for each 8 oz batch? How would I go about figuring out the proof?
Oh wow that is a huge math calculation and outside of my zone. I am working on a program now to help people out with stuff just like this but it will be a while before it get it done. Sorry I couldn't be more of a help.
Thanks man, ordered a half pound from your link tonight. Take care.
Awesome thank you!
Great video I learned a lot now I know why mine smells like alcohol still.. it's been sitting for 2 years now it's a 16oz bottle and I only have six beans in each
I would buy around 1.5 oz of vanilla beans and add it to what you have all ready. But i will split the ones you have and the new ones and add them all together. Then shake them every couple of days and in about 4 months you should have something to start using.
@@ClementFamilyFarms that's exactly what I'm going to do
@@ClementFamilyFarms yes I have 6 bottles total three of them have vodka and the other three have spiced rum
Thank you for replying. Is it normal for some beans to be bitter?. The recipe I made called for vanilla beans, vanilla extra and Agave syrup. How many weeks would you recommend for it to set?. But it will sweeten?. You are one awesome guy!! Thanks a bunch😀
Many thanks for all of your videos. I have noticed that when preparing jalapeno vodka, that putting it in the freezer overnight greatly enhances the flavor, and reduces the time required to get a final result to one day. Have you tried putting it in the freezer ? Would it be deleterious to the beans or flavor ? Thanks again.
Freezing vanilla will destroy the vanillin crystals also the flavor. I am interested in trying it on peppers.
@@ClementFamilyFarmsthanks for the info. I hope you have good experience with the project
Hey I just found your channel while starting my home made ice cream journey. I couldn’t quite get the flavor right so I decided to learn how to make my own vanilla bean extract. This video was super informative for helping things but I have three questions. Do I need to air out the bottles once a month. Do I need to shake them once a day and how long? I was curious if it’s similar to fermentation. Im using airtight glass bottles with the rubber tip lids.
No you dont have to air out the bottles. Making vanilla extract is not a fermentation. If you are getting fermentation then something went wrong and your starting to make alcohol or it is rotting inside.
Shaking the bottles helps keep the fluid moving around the beans. The more often you shake the jars the faster you will get an extraction. I shake my bottles twice a day for the first 2-3 weeks then every couple of days after that. With using the vacuum sealing method and shaking the jars often I get a finished extract in 4 months.
Question: why do all my store bought vanilla have water in them? They are not the cheap kind either. Thanks for all your videos. I made my very first batch today!
They are all not treated equally for sure when it comes to labeling. All of them have water in them as a ingredient even if they are labeling just the 35% alcohol content the other 65% is water. Labeling is tricky and a game some of the manufactures play. They only need to list ingredients they added or changed. Example if they bought alcohol at 50% abv or 100 proof and used it just like that, then they only need to list the 50% alcohol as the other 50% water is implied. But if they took that 50% alcohol and added water to reduce down to 35% alcohol then they would have to disclose the water on the label sense they changed the ingredients of that ingredient. All the labeling requirements is done by % of weight from highest to lowest.
I can't find Captain Morgan Coconut in my area. Any alternatives that work well ?
Inanother video you tested different methods. Didn't the unslit beans develop the best?
Yes in the method testing video the whole beans did better under a vacuum vs the cut beans with out a vacuum. But cut beans under a vacuum did better the whole beans under a vacuum. So vacuum sealing the jars will always do better vs not doing it.
Can you mix alcohols? And do you have to remove seeds or is that just what you prefer?
You can mix alcohols. I do both when it comes to the seeds. Sometimes I remove them and sometimes I don't but I always cut the tips off and split them. It is up to you.
Great informational video! Thank you so much 💓
You are so welcome!
Great video and newbie education. Thank you so much!
Hi Shane, I love your videos! I started my 3rd batch yesterday, following your method to the tee. My plan is to start a ½ gal. jar, every month. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I do have a question. I have heard some people recommending a Sous Vide to speed up the process. I'm not in a hurry, just want to know your thoughts on Sous Vide?
Personally I think it is a waste of time and energy. I have looked into it and have family who use Sous Vide for everything including brewing. We did try some experiments with it and I am not a fan. I might try to look into it again and possibly do a study using it and make a video about it.
Thank you
@@ClementFamilyFarms Thank you for the quick response. You are a great teacher. God bless you, your family and our country 🇺🇸
Thank you!
Hi, thank you so much for the information!! I am going to order some vanilla beans according to your recommendations. Where do you suggest we get the beans? I did read a comment that they ordered from Amazon and they were not any good. Thanks!
great video easy to understand and full of info. Thank you
You are welcome!
Store bought vanilla extract doesn't have the strong alcohol smell to it... Does vacuum sealing it help reduce the smell of alcohol? And what kind of alcohol do they use?
Have you ever tried putting your mixture in an open container and running a fish air tube., And have air bubbles go through the mixture? Will it clear more alcohol smell out...
Store bought extracts use all different types of methods and they taste horrible. Most of them are liars when it comes to their extracts. I say that but they are not giving the whole truth but still staying with in some of the laws. Plus some of the out of state extracts coming in don't have that strict of labeling laws. For me every batch reacts differently as far as the alcohol being present when I smell it. I do everything I can to reduce that alcohol bite or smell in my process. This is why I only use 70 proof alcohol. 70 proof lessens the risk of the alcohol bite when your finished. But doesn't always happen. I use Captain Morgan 70 proof coconut rum 90% of the time.
Oh yeah the vacuum sealing only helps with speeding up the process and not the alcohol bite or smell. As far as using a air stone in extracting I would advise not using it. The reason why is you have to have a fresh air supply moving all the time in order for it to work. This will cause your fluids to evaporate including the alcohol. Plus with introducing oxygen you can re start the fermentation process and you don not want this all. This will ruin you batch of extract.
@@ClementFamilyFarms thanks I appreciate you lots!!!!
So you slice and scrape your beans...add them to the jar with the alcohol. At 6 weeks you will pull the beans you dont mind blending and then add that blended mixture back to the jar? do you blend the contents of the jar or just the sliced scraped beans? Then you will let it sit till it hits the 4th month and you will strain it? how fine is your strainer?
Hi Mr. Clement I have follow your video for making my first batch of vanilla extract. I have use Madagascar grade A and White Rhum Capitain Morgan. I start late december and I have bottle it a few days ago. I found my essence his cloudy and its seems that some lith brown residu into it. Should I filter it in a find mesh streamer ? Or is it normal ? The taste is great and no alcool test left. Thank you for your time.
Yes this is normal. You can strain out some of the bigger partials if you want to but really not necessary. I make large batch in half gallon jars and when it is ready I use a stainless steel coffee strainer once just to hold back the bigger stuff. Even then when I bottle it it is still is cloudy and you will have some residue at the top. perfectly normal.
@@ClementFamilyFarms Thank you very much !
Just finished my first half gallon batch. Everyone loves the taste. I then let them taste from the store, all natural extract. They want to spit it out. Such a vast difference. ??? Is there a use for the bean stalks after I bottle this batch or do you throw them away ???
I dehydrate them grind them up into powder and then add them to white sugar. I shake or stir the sugar every day for about 10 days and then start using it.
I noticed when you put beans in jar they were somewhat plyable.. the ones i got were hard and when i bent it it was dry and slapped in half.. are these still good? They were Madagascar grade A bean and smelled really good but was not sure cuz the bean was dry if it was good..btw i want to thank you to saving the bees as my son raises bees.
Yes the beans could be completely dried and still usable for sure. But if your buying Grade A beans and they do that your getting ripped off by the company. This is more likely to happen with Grade B vanilla beans but still uncommon to snap in half. They must have been supper dry. I have bought beans from many different companies over the last 31 years and have stuck with one company the last 5 years. Their Grade B beans were far better than some of the other companies Grade A and if there is an issue with them the owner replaces them no problem. Where did you end up buying them at? if you don't mind me asking. Here is a link to the company I am using now and they do run specials every month or so. Plus the owner reached out to me to help people like you by giving a 10% discount on all my followers for regular priced items in their store. Please us my link as it tells them I sent you and then use my code CLEMENTFARMS at check out for 10% off non sale items. This does help me out at no extra cost to you. Thank you
www.vanillabeankings.com/?ref=clementfarms
@@ClementFamilyFarms yes my were grade A and very dry but they seem to be ok. I will try grade b next. Ty for helping I’m learning alot by watching your videos ty
Make sure to watch pricing most of the time grade A and B are no different. So I would stick with grade A. Oh and thank you about the Bees. They are amazing little insects and we love them. I wish I could spend more time with them and grow my colonies.
Does it matter where to buy glass marbles? I see some at Hobby Lobby and it states glass. Do I have to worry about any coatings, etc?
Second question, storing unused beans in alcohol. One video said use dried beans. How do I dry them to cut and scrape for extract?
what do you think about pressure cooking method?
For many unsafe reason I don't recommend it.
Can you the vacuum seal kit for fermenting work?
I have never used one from a fermenting kit so I could not tell you if would or not.
Shane - our extract is very concentrated - what can we use to dilute it a little ?
Why do you want to dilute it? That is what extract is, the more concentrated the better. More flavor less fluid makes it better for baked goods.
What were your ratios?
12 oz beans per 750ml alcohol (70 proof) @@ClementFamilyFarms
If you use the scraping caviar out and putting it in the jar do you strain when you bottle?
Check out my Vanilla process part 4 video. It shows what I do with everything.
Any glass marbles? Do you have a link to the marbles you use? The sanitizer, how do you use it, wash off marbles with clean water before using in extract?
2nd question I didn’t know I had. If i don’t have a dehydrator how long should I wait before blending up the fried pods? Do you have a video on how to make vanilla sugar?
👍 FYI: “America’s Test Kitchen” (which tests everything “cooking” in every way possible) stated in a recent episode that: only SOME… NOT all… of the alcohol used in any recipe actually “burns off” during cooking. P.S. Love your channel and your thorough presentation. ❤️👍
I love the Test Kitchen show and watch it all the time. They are not perfect and only take it so far, plus some of the information they are saying they are actually referring to something else. What I am saying sometimes the terminology they use is wrong and can confuse people. Alcohol starts burning off between 170 to 190 degree's then water starts at 210 degree's. So the alcohol will burn off before the water will. I don't know of any normal baking recipes that are less than 300-350 degree's. I am not saying the flavor of the alcohol is not there, but the actual alcohol should have been gone . Some recipes do call for a lot of alcohol like rum cakes and so on. That is a little different then just using extract in a recipe. The question arose because there were some recovering alcoholics and were worried about the alcohol in extract when used in baking. If you know what episode that was please leave me a comment below I would love to see it. One of their chefs blew me a way on one of there shows. Let me say this i love them all and I am not going to mention names or the episode because I don't really want to talk trash about any of them or the show because it happens often to many shows. What I saw was an episode showing a recipe that was wrong by the standards and this confused people. Now people think this is right because a TV show and chef showed it that way. They are not the only show that has done this either and it is surprising to me. I would have thought any of these shows would have done at least a little bit of research on the subject before airing it. As a home maker and making stuff for my family you can do what ever you want but once you go public you should at least inform people of what the standards are. I really do love that show. Thank you for your comments I really do appreciate them. I want to go look for that show now. lol
@@ClementFamilyFarms 👍 ty Good to know.
Great video! Looking to find what to bake that would make homemade vanilla extract standout
cinnamon rolls, pancakes, whites cakes, really anything you use to cook or bake with. BBQ sauce using the vanilla makes deeper richer flavor. Experiment is what I tell people and you might find the next big hit.
@Tom Z - I'm thinking vanilla fudge, pancakes, coconut custard pie, vanilla pudding for filling cream puffs, & homemade Hershey's hot cocoa! Those are all things where the vanilla flavor really stands out & makes a difference! Dang... now I'm craving all of them!
[2.17.2022]
I am not a drinker either. I mainly use vodka. My question is if I have my beens still sitting in the alcohol since 6-6-21. What do I do with those beens, start a mother jar?? Put those into another jar add more Vodka to the mother jar and start the time again. Is it bad that I let them sit that long?
One question for you and it will answer your questions.
Do you reuse coffee grounds or tea bags after you use them once? Vanilla beans are the same once they are used they are done giving off anymore flavors. But they are soaked in extract and can be used for making vanilla sugar and dried and ground and added to homemade hand soap.
Shane thank you for so much needed information. I started my beans about a month ago. I cut them in half and placed them in the alcohol (did not scape). However after reading information posted by others, I decided to take them out and scrape them. After sitting overnight my extract is cloudy. What did I do, that I shouldn't have? Help!!!!
You did just fine there is nothing wrong with it. That is just how real homemade vanilla looks. if you leave the beans whole the fluid is clearer or not cloudy but you dont get a full richness of the vanilla beans. Cutting and scrapping you will get a much richer extract and in a shorter time.